Legio III Cyrenaica
III Cyre. · Emblem: Not recorded · Active
Founding
36 BC by Mark Antony.
Fate
Guarded the southern trade routes and the desert border of Syria-Arabia.
Recorded stations and itinerary
- 31 BC – AD 35ThebesStationed at Thebes (Egypt)
- AD 35 – AD 125AlexandriaMoved to Alexandria (Egypt)
- AD 125 – AD 400BostraMoved to Bostra (Arabia)
Campaigns
- Trajan’s Parthian War (AD 115) · alongside III Gall., IV Scyt., XII Fulm., XV Apol., XVI Flav.
- Aurelian’s Palmyrene campaign (AD 272) · alongside III Gall., IV Flav., IV Scyt., X Fret., XII Fulm.